Trash to treasure: Production of biofuels and commodity chemicals via syngas fermenting microorganisms

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 27, Issue , 2014, Pages 79-87

  Latif, Haythem ^a   Zeidan, Ahmad A ^b   Nielsen, Alex T ^b   Zengler, Karsten ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b Chalmers University of Technology   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFUELS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FERMENTATION; METABOLISM; MICROORGANISMS;

COMMODITY CHEMICALS; COMPLEX RELATIONSHIPS; GENETIC MANIPULATIONS; INDUSTRIAL-SCALE; LARGE-SCALE PRODUCTION; METABOLIC CAPABILITIES; PHENOTYPIC TRAITS; SYNGAS FERMENTATIONS;

SYNTHESIS GAS;

ACETYL COENZYME A SYNTHETASE; BIOFUEL; CARBON MONOXIDE DEHYDROGENASE; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE;

BIOFUEL PRODUCTION; BIOMASS FERMENTATION; CARBON DIOXIDE FIXATION; CLOSTRIDIUM; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENERGY YIELD; GAS; GASIFICATION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GLYCOLYSIS; METABOLIC CAPACITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SYGAS FERMENTATION; SYNGAS;

ACETATES; BIOFUELS; BIOREACTORS; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; FERMENTATION; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; SYSTEMS BIOLOGY;

EID: 84891366912     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: 18790429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2013.12.001     Document Type: Review

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